Shérif d’une petite ville des Appalaches du Sud, Will Alexander sait que Holland Winchester, le voyou local, a été assassiné. L’ennui, c’est qu’il ne trouve ni corps ni aucun témoin du meurtre. Raconté avec simplicité à travers les voix du shérif, d’un fermier voisin, de sa superbe femme, de leur fils et de l’adjoint, Un pied au paradis a marqué la naissance d’une des plumes les plus fines et singulières de la littérature américaine.

IL BESTSELLER DA CUI È STATO TRATTO IL FILM OMONIMO CON JENNIFER LAWRENCE E BRADLEY COOPER.Stati Uniti, 1929: George e Serena Pemberton, appena sposati, viaggiano da Boston alle montagne del North Carolina. Il loro è un sogno più che ambizioso: creare un’impresa destinata a diventare un impero, disboscando le montagne e lavorando il legname. Una nuova vita e una sfida che fin dall’inizio si rivela carica di difficoltà e imprevisti, ma i Pemberton eliminano chiunque...

'One of the great American authors at work today' New York TimesONE OF THE NEW YORKER’S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEARIt is 1951. The close-knit community of Blowing Rock, North Carolina, does not welcome those who are different.Jacob Hampton’s wealthy parents disinherited him when he married Naomi, an uneducated hotel maid. Now Jacob has been called up to fight in Korea, leaving a pregnant Naomi behind. The only person he...

A New York Times Notable Book. Inspiration for the film starring Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper.The year is 1929, and newlyweds George and Serena Pemberton travel from Boston to the Northa Carolina mountains where they plan to create a timber empire. Although George has already lived in the camp long enough to father an illegitimate child, Serena is new to the mountains—but she soon shows herself to be the equal of any man, overseeing crews, hunting ...

ONE OF THE NEW YORKER'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • Told against the backdrop of the Korean War as a small Appalachian town sends its sons to battle, The Caretaker by award-winning author Ron Rash ("One of the great American authors at work today" —The New York Times) is a breathtaking love story and a searing examination of the acts we seek to justify in the name of duty, family, honor, and love.It’s 1951 in Blowing Rock, North Carolina. Blackburn G...

Les Hampton, propriétaires de vastes terres, de la scierie et du magasin général de Blowing Rock, petite ville de Caroline du Nord, désapprouvent l'amitié que leur fils Jacob porte à Blackburn, croque-mort défiguré et boiteux à la suite d'une polio. Et plus fortement encore son mariage avec la très jeune Naomi, fille d'un paysan sans le sou. Profitant de l'éloignement de Jacob, parti combattre en Corée après avoir confié Naomi à son ami, ils élaborent un plan inqualifiable justifié à leurs...

"13 haunting and picturesque stories that illuminate the terms of survival in that often forgotten landscape"—the Appalachian Mountains ( Booklist )."Ron Rash writes some of the most memorable novels of this young century. . . . One of the major writers of our time." — The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionRon Rash is one of the greatest chroniclers of modern Appalachia, a write...

Dans une petite ville des Appalaches, le shérif Les s’apprête à rendre son étoile. À trois semaines de la retraite, il espère couler des jours tranquilles. Mais lorsqu’un irréductible vieillard est accusé d’avoir empoisonné la rivière, tuant les truites d’un relais touristique, une enquête est ouverte. Guidé par son amie Becky et par la beauté d’une nature menacée, Les doit naviguer parmi les eaux troubles et dangereuses de cette dernière affaire, qui fera ressurgir ce qui a longtemps été ...

From award-winning author of The CaretakerRon Rash (****“One of the great American authors at work today” —The New York Times) comes ***Saints at the River,*a novel about a town divided by the aftermath of a tragic accident—**and the woman caught in the middle.When a twelve-year-old girl drowns in the Tamassee Riv...

In this poetic and haunting tale set in contemporary Appalachia, New York Times bestselling author Ron Rash illuminates lives shaped by violence and a powerful connection to the land.Les, a long-time sheriff just three-weeks from retirement, contends with the ravages of crystal meth and his own duplicity in his small Appalachian town.Becky, a park ranger with a harrowing past, finds solace amid the lyrical beauty of this patch of North Carolina.Enduring the...

**The Risen is an important novel - and an intriguing one - from one of our master storytellers. In its pages, the past rises up, haunting and chiding, demanding answers of us all. -**The News & ObserverNew York Times bestselling author Ron Rash demonstrates his superb narrative skills in this suspenseful and evocative tale of two brothers whose lives are altered irrevocably by the events of one long-ago summer, one bewitching young wom...